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What's your favourite historical photo and why?
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This is Emir Seyyid Mir Mohammed Alim Khan, the last Emir of Bukhara.
The emirate existed from 1785
This is a pre-WW1 colored photograph (1911) by Prokudin-Gorsky
Great choice. I love his pictures, they look so good, it’s as if he had traveled back in time with a digital camera.
The method for the color photos is interesting. He used three images with 3 colored filters on them. The film was black and white but when the same color was projected with them and they were added together you got the original colors.
All of the photos taken by Prokudin-Gorsky are incrediblely breath taking